Friday's popular Get Downtown
First&&ABCENDABC;; Friday event in St.Petersburg was canceled because of the weather, according to the event website. The monthly event that closes off part of Central Avenue downtown features live music and food, with proceeds from beer and wine sales benefiting area organizations. …

Get Downtown
First&&ABCENDABC;; Friday Music Series: The Tempests provide live music this month at the festivities between Second and Third streets on Central Avenue in downtown St.Petersburg. It starts at 5:30 p.m. Free. (727) 393-3597. …

Thursday is Tracy Morgan's 48th birthday. No longer the wild man who wanted to take the world around the back of a middle school and get it pregnant, he says he ju
st wants to celebrate quietly, "something simple at my house with my family." …

As Con
stanza Lanata and Andrew Machota cruised along Tampa Bay on Monday afternoon, the two daydreamed about how life might look with the Cross-Bay Ferry operating regularly between
St.Petersburg and Tampa. …

The SPCA of Tampa Bay teamed up with the Jim and Heather Gills YMCA for a pet adoption event outside of the YMCA on
First&&ABCENDABC;; Avenue S in St.Petersburg on Friday. In addition to dogs, they brought along kittens, gerbils, rabbits, guinea pigs and a ferret.

Were you dancing in the
streets la
st night in downtown
St.Petersburg? Lots of other folks were, and photographer Andrea Lypka captured photos of the monthly outdoor party, Get Downtown. Take a look, see who was letting loose on
Friday night: …

NOTE: The Celebrate Oldsmar event li
sted below has been changed since this item was
first&&ABCENDABC;; posted. To avoid the rain from the tropical weather system, Friday events were moved to Sunday. …

Sunshine City Opera, a new company, debuts this weekend, focused on new or rarely heard works. The company, founded by composer Erin Huelskamp, top, will present an hour's sampling of its vision at the
Studio@620. …